Antiquated facility, built in 1955, is the second-oldest in the Air Force

1:47 AM,
Apr. 14, 2014

Maxwell Air Force Base is hoping to upgrade or get a new air traffic control tower.

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Seven seconds may not seem like a long time to some, but for a military pilot who has just lost sight of his control tower, it's all the time he needs for something to go terribly wrong.

It's the danger that pilots have at Maxwell Air Force Base because of an antiquated and misplaced air traffic control tower, and it's a problem U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, hopes to fix with the first House Appropriations Committee bill passed for fiscal year 2015.